Events

ICSB is one of the largest international conferences on systems biology. Since the first conference in Tokyo in 2000, which was organized by Dr. Hiroaki Kitano, it has been held annually in different countries.

SBMC 2020 was postponed to 10th - 12th of May 2021. Further information will follow soon.

The "Computational Modeling in Biology" Network (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats in systems biology, systems medicine, synthetic biology and related fields. COMBINE 2020 will be a workshop-style event with invited lectures, oral presentations and posters, but also reserving enough time for afternoon breakout sessions to discuss topics around data and model standardization and integration, as well as harmonization and further ...

The Computational Modeling in Biology Network (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats in systems biology, synthetic biology and related fields. HARMONY is a codefest-type meeting, with a focus on development of the standards, interoperability and infrastructure. There are generally not many general discussions or oral presentations during HARMONY; instead, the time is devoted to allowing hands-on hacking and interaction between people ...

e:Med brings together leading scientists and exceptional young researchers from all over Germany in the emerging field of Systems Medicine. Systems medicine uses interdisciplinary systems-oriented research on diseases to create a basis for understanding complex physiological and pathological processes for development of innovative personalized diagnosis, therapies, and preventive measures. Key to the appropriate analysis and possibly to the modelling of Big Data derived from information levels ...

Registration: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZokiSDgj-ekNpzqHnnEl4OMqX57w6LtuB56EEnCMpng/edit

60 Poster boards will be prepared for your poster presentation. Please register your poster in the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ej2Mf_5Hkz28xDYEQiYA9cqWAztfmxO2KQn7AB1C-Y8/edit

Venue : Evangelische Tagungsstätte Hofgeismar, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe

This young scientist retreat is being organized by the Junior Group Leaders, Madlen Matz-Soja, Matthias König, Ahmed Ghallab and Nachiket Vartak.

This workshop is a satellite meeting to the LiSyM Young Scientist Retreat. It takes place just before the retreat and is organised by Matthias König (Junior Group), Michael Kücken and Lutz Brusch (Pillar I). The aim of this additional workshop for the modelers is to demonstrate and discuss the wider applicability, but also the limitations of the mathematical and computational methods and software used and even (co-)developed within LiSyM and to exchange them among LiSyM groups. These methods and ...

One of the major themes of ICSB 2019 is “Systems Biology meets AI.” ICSB is one of the largest international conferences on systems biology. Since the first conference in Tokyo in 2000, which was organized by Dr. Hiroaki Kitano, it has been held annually in different countries.

Call for Tutorials & Workshops: February 2019 Call for Papers: April 2019 Registration opens: April 2019

This tutorial workshop is a satellite of the 20th International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB). Participants will learn how to set up computer models of biological systems (e.g. metabolic or signalling networks) using experimental kinetic data and how to simulate them in different systems biology platforms. Hands-on sessions, lectures and software demonstrations will be included, providing attendees with the necessary skills to access experimental kinetics data from available resources, to ...

Topic: Precision Medicine-where Bioinformatics & Medical Informatics meet.

The German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB) is an annual, international conference devoted to all areas of bioinformatics and meant as a platform for the whole bioinformatics community. Recent meetings attracted a multinational audience with 250 – 300 participants each year.

In 2019, the conference focuses on bringing physicians, bioinformatics & medical informatics together and aims to showcase applications and ...

Workshop at the annual meeting of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS):

This workshop will be organized by the GMDS working group „FAIR data infrastructures for biomedical informatics“, which was formed in the beginning of 2019. The aim is to introduce the activities of different projects and research sites in Germany with regard to FAIR (Finadable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable) data management. By an exchange of experience, common concepts (e.g. ...

(in German) Im Mittelpunkt der Tagung steht die methodische und anwendungsorientierte Forschung in der Medizinischen Informatik, Biometrie, Epidemiologie, Medizinischen Bioinformatik und Systembiologie sowie der Medizinischen Dokumentation. Das Leitthema der GMDS-Jahrestagung 2019 lautet: „Wandel gestalten - Kreative Lösungen für innovative Medizin" und zielt darauf ab, im gemeinsamen Dialog zwischen Forschung und Praxis die Zukunft aktiv zu gestalten. In Zeiten der Digitalisierung, in der ...

Multicellular spatial models have become an essential tool in quantitative biology and multiple model formalisms (incl. rule-, energy- or force-based cell and tissue mechanics) and simulation frameworks coexist. Progress towards software interoperability and reproducibility requires a novel model description language and conversion library, complementing SBML. Building on the community‘s practical experiences with multiple formalisms and simulators, we aim at (1) defining the concept for a ...

The overarching theme is “Biomedical engineering ranging from wellness to intensive care” with plenary keynotes from leading academic and industrial scientists, who will present aspects of innovation and translational engineering in biomedicine.

The "Computational Modeling in Biology" Network (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats in systems biology, systems medicine, synthetic biology and related fields. COMBINE 2019 will be a workshop-style event with invited lectures, oral presentations and posters, but also reserving enough time for afternoon breakout sessions to discuss topics around data and model standardization and integration, as well as harmonization and further ...

Particular focus will be on multiscale approaches from single cell to whole organisms, and on integration of large-scale machine learning based models with fine-grained mechanistic models. Further topics are systems biology for clinical insights, and immunological systems dynamics. In addition to talks given by invited speakers, the SBHD has had a good tradition of including short and lightning talks, as well as extended poster sessions selected from submitted abstracts.

The ConISyM – Converging Imaging and Systems Medicine - summer school is intended to provide an in-depth training of early-stage researchers to gain a cross-disciplinary knowledge within the fields of multiparametric imaging, histopathology, liquid biopsy and imaging omics in systems medicine. ConISyM wants to feature participants to being able to think beyond their own research field by combining multiple techniques to get the best value out of the respective application.

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In this summer school junior researchers from the field of medical sciences and systems biology will have the opportunity to present their work and to interact with nine invited experts whose research area is at the intersection of systems biology, precision medicine and medical statistics. The focus will be on developing the participants' research agendas in systems medicine, thus strengthening the links between medical research and systems biology. The invited experts from different areas of ...

All LiSyM groups should present their work at this meeting either by oral presentation or poster.

The Computational Modeling in Biology Network (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats in systems biology, synthetic biology and related fields. HARMONY is a codefest-type meeting, with a focus on development of the standards, interoperability and infrastructure. There are generally not many general discussions or oral presentations during HARMONY; instead, the time is devoted to allowing hands-on hacking and interaction between people ...

Mathematical models of cellular pathways are essential tools in systems biology and systems medicine. They contribute to an understanding of structure and dynamics of cellular processes far beyond their isolated parts, as well as the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of diseases. Yet, there are a variety of open questions.

The hackathon will gather experts in pathway modeling to develop tools for model development, reuse and merging. This hackathon will focus on: Topic 1: Implementation of import ...

Attendees will learn basic techniques for modeling of biochemical networks including data access and storage due to the FAIR principles. The first day introduces kinetic modeling techniques which will be illustrated and exercised with COPASI. The second day continues with principles of stoichiometric and constraint-based modeling coupled with hands on exercises using CellNetAnalyzer. The third day SABIO-RK is used as a resource for kinetic data and FAIRDOMHub/SEEK is introduced as a data and model ...

In cooperation with OpenMS from the University of Tübingen and SeqAn from the FU Berlin, this workshop will provide a brief introduction into the analysis of mass spectrometry and sequence data with KNIME. We will demonstrate how to utilize the two tools in KNIME in order to build workflows that retrieve and analyze common life science data and then use standard KNIME nodes to statistically analyze the results. The workshop is recommended for users who are familiar with KNIME and who would like ...

This training school primary focus on

• Machine Learning (Classification, Filtering, Mining & Fusion of Big Data)
• Deep Learning (Using Multiple Frameworks, Neural Networks & Algorithm Design)
• 3D Molecular Modelling (Fusing Genomics with Structure, MultiDimensional Analysis)
• Data analysis to discover patterns and cross associations (multilevel/multiscale analysis)
• Standardizing Methods & Teaching for Big Data

The training school aims to integrate the realm of Big Data analysis ...

This meeting provides an optimal atmosphere for discussion and knowledge exchange between young scientists of the LiSyM network. Therefore, we expect you all to attend and present abstract of your work.

In addition, non-LiSyM members who are interested to join the meeting are also welcome.

The main objective of this conference is to bring people together from diverse disciplines to exchange ideas, promote cross-disciplinary collaborations and to form a synthesis of appropriate systems-level approaches. The meeting is therefore purposely broad to cover all aspects of genomics to systems biology, a unique combination that is highly appreciated by the participants. Over the past decade, this EMBO conference has therefore served as an important venue in helping to shape the field, or ...

SESSIONS

1. Systems Medicine and the Microbiome: What to do with the bugs kill them or eat them
2. Proof-of-concept studies: How to bring big data into clinical care;
3. Systems Medicine in Immunology: Immune modeling of health and disease prevention
4. From patient stratification to novel disease classifications: Systems Medicine and Taxonomy
5. Systems medicine from the patient’s side: Patient Organisations and the Personalised Medicine movement

This tutorial workshop is a satellite of the 19th International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB).

Participants will learn how to set up computer models of biological systems (e.g. metabolic or signalling networks) using experimental kinetic data and how to simulate them in different systems biology platforms. Hands-on sessions, lectures and software demonstrations will be included, providing attendees with the necessary skills to access experimental kinetics data from available resources, to ...

This workshop, as a satellite of this year’s ICSB 2018, will be hosted by the FAIRDOM infrastructure (https://fair-dom.org), and bring together FAIRDOM users, FAIR platform developers, and researchers from across the world to discuss: (i) best practices in data management; (ii) cutting edge platform development, and; (iii) community use and requirements of FAIR data platforms. Our key theme this year will be integrating the data pipeline for cross platform data exchange. Throughout the day there ...

Mathematical models of cellular pathways are essential tools in systems biology and systems medicine. They contribute to an understanding of structure and dynamics of cellular processes far beyond their isolated parts, as well as the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of diseases. Yet, there are a variety of open questions.

The International Conference on Integrative Pathway Modelling in Systems Biology and Systems Medicine will gather experts in pathway modelling to discuss the state-of-the-art ...

The "Computational Modeling in Biology" Network (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats in systems biology and related fields. COMBINE 2018 will be a workshop-style event with oral presentations, posters, and breakout sessions. The five meeting days will include talks about the COMBINE standards and associated or related standardization efforts, as well as presentations of tools using these standards. Oral presentations will be ...

The German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB) is an annual, international conference devoted to all areas of bioinformatics. Recent meetings attracted a multinational audience with 250 – 300 participants each year. The meeting is open to all fields of bioinformatics and is meant as a platform for the German and European bioinformatics community.

The upcoming GCB will be organised by the Austrian Bioinformatics Platform ATBI and will be held at the University of Vienna. The conference will focus ...

The program includes: Technologies in Systems Medicine Modelling in Systems Medicine Systems Medicine of Diseases Translational Approaches in Systems Medicine inspiring Poster FlashTalks followed by Poster Discussion

Invited Keynote Speaker: Sui Huang, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle Angelika Eggert, Charité Berlin John Quackenbush, Harvard David W. Andrews, University of Toronto

The public science event "Tag der personalisierten Medizin" will take place right before the meeting (Sept. ...

The 16th conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology (CMSB 2018) will take place on the 12th to 14th September 2018 in Brno, Czech Republic. Its aim is to bring together researchers from across biological, mathematical, computational, and physical sciences who are interested in the study, modelling, simulation, advanced analysis, and design of biological systems.

CMSB 2018 will be hosted at Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno. Brno is the city where the modern genetics has ...

The conference theme "The learning healthcare system" invites you to discuss the combined approach of methods specialties as a motor of research and of the exchange between research and practice in medicine and health care. The variety of topics reflects the width and inter-disciplinarity of the GMDS.

Participants will learn how to structure and share complex data in a Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) manner. Hands-on sessions, lectures and software demonstrations will provide attendees with the necessary skills to apply components of the FAIRDOM infrastructure in their daily work for interrelating and exchanging data, models and corresponding information.

FAIRDOM is a research infrastructure offering data management support. The SEEK software is designed as registry and ...

The overarching integrating power of computational modelling, from systems biology to systems medicine

Objectives

The objective of the 3rd DMCM is to consolidate efforts around the disease map projects and extend the Disease Maps Community. The 3rd DMCM will expose progress of the projects from the Disease Maps Community and beyond. The representative examples of network maps generation, their applications for disease data analysis, disease comorbidity, drug response prediction, advances in tools development and modelling approaches will be presented.

Topics

Among others, the following topics will ...

HARMONY is a hackathon-type meeting, with a focus on development of the standards, interoperability and infrastructure. There are generally not many general discussions or oral presentations during HARMONY; instead, the time is devoted to allowing hands-on hacking and interaction between people focused on practical development of software and standards.

The International Conference on Systems Biology of Human Disease (SBHD) is a transatlantic event and communication platform for scientific exchange that takes place alternately between the United States and Germany.

KEY DATES Registration opens Feb 2, 2018 Early Registration Deadline: March 2, 2018 Travel Award applications by March 2, 2018 Abstract Submission Deadline for Talks: March 2, 2018 Notification of Abstract Selection: March 22, 2018 Abstract Submission Deadline for Posters: April 2, ...

This conference serves as a European gathering point for the international network community and complements the biannual Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Networks meeting. Beyond classic network mapping and analysis, the conference aims to bridge the practical gap between network biology and quantitative modelling by discussing novel computational and biochemical approaches to convert network connectivity into functional insights on the directions, signs, and physiological context of network ...

The International Liver CongressTM 2018 (ILC 2018) and the 53rd annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

Key deadlines: 2.10.2017 Registration opens 2.10.2017-15.11.2017 Abstract submission 31.12.2017 End of early fees 5.02.2018-14.02.2018 Late-breaker submission

This advanced lecture course will cover essential and state-of-the-art aspects of SysBio from principles and methods through the modeling of living systems to applications in biotechnology and medicine. Plenary Symposia will each be introduced and moderated by the indicated chair person. Lecturers will then discuss their methodologies, discuss these in detail with the students and then show their most recent Systems Biology discoveries. In Black board teaching sessions teachers carefully selected ...

Attracting experts working in all areas of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, the conference will examine the latest research and development in pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Featuring small group roundtable discussions and ample networking time, the event provides an excellent opportunity to meet and collaborate with senior representatives from industry, hospitals and universities. During the two-day conference, there will be 40 expert-led presentations, interactive panel and ...

!!! POSTPONED TO FALL 2018 !!!

Target audience: Wet-lab scientists and people dealing with experimental and/or clinical data for research

Topics include:

• Best practice data structuring (spreadsheets) for experimental and (clinical) samples data
• Comprehensive and unambiguous data description and annotation
• Standard formats and terminologies for data and metadata
• Guidelines for reporting data (Minimum information standards)
• Annotation tools (e.g. RightField: http://www.rightfield.org.uk)
• Using SEEK & FAIRDOMhub ...

e:Med has the objective of establishing systems medicine in Germany. e:Med promotes system-oriented research into diseases in order to facilitate improved prevention, more comprehensive diagnostics and individually adjusted therapy schemes in individualised medicine. The program brings together scientists with molecular-genetic, clinical, mathematical and information technology expertise, with the objective of ensuring research results quickly benefit patients. Electronic processing (e:Med), i.e. ...

Modeling tutorial as part of the 1st LiSyM Retreat Meeting in Hünfeld (20-22 November 2017).

This tutorial gives a quick introduction into standards used in computational modeling and visualizes, simulates and analysis showcase example models. A basic introduction to simple kinetic models is provided.

The latest material is available from https://github.com/matthiaskoenig/lisym-tutorial under https://github.com/matthiaskoenig/lisym-tutorial/releases. The presentation is available from the within ...

The meeting will provide a great opportunity for discussion between modellers, experimentalists and clinicians and to organize and harmonize our future work within the LiSyM network on the grassroot level.

This conference will be aimed at exploring the key quantitative principles underlying modern biology. The talks and activities will examine the extent to which general principles can be used to describe biological systems, in the light of the explosion of quantitative data coming from all corners of biology.

Participants will include established investigators, junior group leaders, and early-stage researchers, both at the postdoctoral and graduate student levels, with diverse backgrounds, both ...

The systems biology of microbial infection aims to understand the interaction between hosts and pathogens by the integrative combination of experiment and theory. The focus of this symposium is on the interaction between the immune systems of humans or animals and bacterial or fungal pathogens.

Topics:

• Unraveling pathogenicity mechanisms by a systems biology approach,
• Reconstructing cellular networks based on time series data,
• Analysing spatio-temporal aspects of infection processes,

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